Saturday, November 15, 2008

I'm Audi 5000

One of the last things I did in town before jetting out was to hit the Audi launch event in downtown Saigon.  They were opening the first official Audi showroom in Vietnam, and showing off their A8 and Q7 vehicles.

I had neither the inclination nor the means to purchase a car, so I fit right in with the crowd.  I met the typical Saigon crowd at this thing - the wealthiest folks I met that night was probably the pair who tired of checking out the cars, the models, the cocktail waitresses and instead were closely examining the HVAC controls of this new building.  Just another night in Saigon.  But the champagne was nice though.  

So I'm out.  This is my view these days - it's not an Audi, but it's close.      


For continued interesting tidbits about the expat experience in Vietnam and Southeast Asia, check out those on the blogroll, in particular:
Tam Biet!

13 comments:

amadbrownwoman said...

about kevin :)

Unknown said...

Troi oi!!!

Out on bail SaigonNezumi(Kevin)

Anonymous said...

Hope you had a great time in Vietnam and thank you for the blog, I've enjoyed reading your blog immensely and best of luck in your future endeavours.

D. said...

Thanks for the read and the well wishes.

I had a great time, learned a lot about the country in its current state and I'll likely be back sometime in the future, for one thing that I learned while being in Vietnam is that those 20+ hour flights on coach isn't so bad. Future trips will be more for vacation than work, but who knows.

Anonymous said...

Thanks for all your work about Vietnam. It keeps my up-to-date with the situation back home. Your journy is about VA to VN while the one I'm taking is: VN-VA.
Hope we will have some encounter when you are back in VA. There will be so many things I can learn from you. Hope you don't mind.
Best of luck

liz said...

does out of vietnam also represent out of blog posts?

Anonymous said...

Welcomes to Vietnam - excellent investment destination in Asia
http://www.vnbusinessnews.com/2009/02/vietnam-excellent-investment.html

B. Hawkins Pham said...

Had I read the current posts I would have known. I hope your next adventure is as wild!

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台中乳酪蛋糕
chocolate
彌月蛋糕

Anonymous said...

hi….

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joe said...

My name is Joe Pinzone and I'm casting an international travel show about expats moving abroad. We'd love to film in Vietnam and wanted to know if you could help us find expats who have moved there within the last 15 months or have been there for 3-4 years, but recently moved into a new home. The show documents their move to a new country and will place the country in fabulous light. The contributors on the show would also receive monetary compensation if they are filmed. If you'd like more information, please give me a call at 212-231-7716 or skype me at joefromnyc. You can also email me at joepinzone@leopardusa.com. Looking forward to hearing from you.

Joe Pinzone
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P: 212-231-7716
Skype: Joefromnyc